Politics. As slow as molasses and just as frustrating. But a single politician can make the process even more frustrating…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Quitting the County, Part Two
““This article explores whether common negative stereotypes of public employees are consistent with the descriptive and empirical literature comparing public and private employees….”
EDITORIAL: Quitting the County, Part One
But maybe, nowadays, Americans don’t feel the same loyalty to their jobs, and to the community they live in?
EDITORIAL: Stage Three Restrictions? No Thanks…
“So about an hour ago, I received a phone call from the Forest Service, indicating that they had spent the day reviewing the current indices based on the recent weather event…”
EDITORIAL: The Correct Answers to the School District Survey
Some Daily Post readers may have enjoyed our recent coverage of those proposals, in which case, you might feel ready and able to answer the 16 questions posed by the mailed survey…
EDITORIAL: Fighting Fires, and Just Plain Fighting, Part Three
Nevertheless, we expect firefighters to put their lives on the line and do battle with Vulcan, the god of fire. If they are successful, they might save a family’s home from the flames…
EDITORIAL: Fighting Fires, and Just Plain Fighting, Part Two
“This probably sounds absolutely crazy to you, but to me it has felt like a sort of salvation. Because Seya and I have been fighting for nearly 20 years…”
EDITORIAL: Fighting Fires, and Just Plain Fighting, Part One
When I wrote my letter in 1993, Clarissa and the two girls had already arrived in Pagosa Springs and were settling into a tiny, rented cabin on San Juan Street…
EDITORIAL: The High Cost of Less Water, Part Three
But somewhere between Mother Nature’s gifts from the sky, and your water tap, the cost of less water has become higher and higher…
EDITORIAL: The High Cost of Less Water, Part Two
If we reach that stage due to declining reservoir levels or reduced stream flows, PAWSD will start prohibiting daytime landscape watering…
EDITORIAL: The High Cost of Less Water, Part One
According to my pocket calculator, PAWSD has theoretical diversion rights equal to about 10 times the amount of water they need, per year. In a good year…
EDITORIAL: Special Treatment, Part Two
“Is it the job of the Town Council to forever provide taxpayer subsidies to this one private corporation?…”
EDITORIAL: Special Treatment, Part One
But what, exactly, is the relationship between the private corporation known as the “Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership” and the taxpayers of Pagosa Springs?
OPINION: Old School Politics
Whenever I hear we need to spend tax dollars “for the kids” I think of Johnson’s words…
ELECTION RESULTS: November 7, 2017
As we see in the unofficial results, Ballot Issue 1A was rejected by a small margin…
EDITORIAL: The Zombie Reservoir Rears its Ugly Head, Part Three
What has changed since 2010? If Dry Gulch was a boondoggle then, what has changed to make it a good idea in 2017?
EDITORIAL: The Zombie Reservoir Rears its Ugly Head, Part Two
“No, it’s not good news. There’s still a window of opportunity, to get them to turn this thing around, but it would be a long shot…”
EDITORIAL: The Zombie Reservoir Rears its Ugly Head, Part One
“I consider myself an informed person. I’m a County commissioner. I was intimately involved in the first Dry Gulch deal….”